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| name = ''Heteroliodon''
| name = ''Heteroliodon''
| image = Lamprophiid Snake (Heteroliodon occipitalis) (9606828379).jpg
| taxon = Heteroliodon
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| authority = [[Oskar Boettger|Boettger]], 1913
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'''''Heteroliodon''''' is a [[genus]] of [[snake]] in the [[lamprophiid]] family found only on the island of [[Madagascar]]. They are harmless to humans.
'''''Heteroliodon''''' is a [[genus]] of [[snake]] in the [[Pseudoxyrhophiidae|pseudoxyrhophiid]] family found only on the island of [[Madagascar]]. They are harmless to humans.


== Species ==
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[[Category:Snake genera]]
[[Category:Snake genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Oskar Boettger]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Oskar Boettger]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Madagascar]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Madagascar]]
[[Category:Lamprophiidae]]
[[Category:Pseudoxyrhophiidae]]



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Latest revision as of 00:24, 21 July 2022

Heteroliodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pseudoxyrhophiidae
Subfamily: Pseudoxyrhophiinae
Genus: Heteroliodon
Boettger, 1913
Species

Three recognized species, see article.

Heteroliodon is a genus of snake in the pseudoxyrhophiid family found only on the island of Madagascar. They are harmless to humans.

Species[edit]

Three species are currently recognized.[1]

References[edit]

Notes
  1. ^ Heteroliodon at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 February 2014.